Ground hornbill - Calao terrestre by Kordouane

Photography • Animals • posted on Sep 27, 2018

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Description

La famille des Bucorvidae est celle des Bucorves ou Calaos terrestres, oiseaux de taille grande à très grande (80 à 120 cm), au long bec courbe surmonté d'un casque creux, avec des caroncules noires ou rouges. Ils possèdent des ailes larges et arrondies, et une longue queue. Ces oiseaux vivent exclusivement en Afrique sub-saharienne. Ils fréquentent surtout la savane. The ground hornbills (Bucorvidae) are a family of the order Bucerotiformes, with a single genus Bucorvus and two extant species (though possibly including another genus with six extant species). The family is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa: the Abyssinian ground hornbill occurs in a belt from Senegal east to Ethiopia, and the southern ground hornbill occurs in Southern and East Africa.